A Bitter Man, Soured on Beer and Given to Claims
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Mon, Aug. 17th, 2009, 12:43 am
Haven't posted in a while.
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Your result for The 3 Variable Funny Test... the Wit your humor style:
CLEAN | COMPLEX | DARKYou like things edgy, subtle, and smart. I guess that means you're probably an intellectual, but don't take that to mean pretentious. You realize 'dumb' can be witty--after all isn't that the Simpsons' philosophy?--but rudeness for its own sake, 'gross-out' humor and most other things found in a fraternity leave you totally flat. I guess you just have a more cerebral approach than most. You have the perfect mindset for a joke writer or staff writer. Your sense of humor takes the most thought to appreciate, but it's also the best, in my opinion. You probably loved the Office. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check it out here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/. PEOPLE LIKE YOU: Jon Stewart - Woody Allen - Ricky Gervais
The 3-Variable Funny Test!
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Your result for The Character Actor Recognition Test... The Ultimate Recognizer!
Wow, what can I say? If you got this result then you truly excel at recognizing character actors. I mean, really, even I had to do a few double-checks to make sure that I knew their names correctly. If you managed to do this without any cheating then I would take my hat off to you if I was to wear one! You're probably like me and get a bit too much fun out of spotting character actors and knowing who they are precisely and you could probably pick a few who were in the same film/TV show together at some point. But I happen to think that's awesome. In recognition of your recognitions I present to you none other than Danny Trejo! I'm pretty sure that Robert Rodriguez has him on speed-dial for whenever he needs a badass Mexican character, and Danny certainly is one! Anyway, thanks for taking this test and feel free to give any suggestions or corrections so that I may improve it. I know that I left a few actors out that could have really suited this test whether as a question or even within the results sections. Whatever the case I'd love to hear from you!
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Sun, May. 10th, 2009, 11:40 pm
Tue, Apr. 14th, 2009, 03:13 pm
Uncomfortable Plot SummariesBATMAN: Wealthy man assaults the mentally ill. DIE HARD: Dysfunctional cop saves marriage by murdering foreign national. FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF: Amoral narcissist makes world dance for his amusement. FIREFLY: In an analogue of the post-Civil War west, a white man on the losing side bosses around a black woman. GHOSTBUSTERS: Unemployed college professors destroy hotel with nuclear weapons. LORD OF THE RINGS: Midget destroys stolen property. Wed, Mar. 11th, 2009, 12:00 am
Watchmen
I saw Watchmen this afternoon. It was better than I was expecting—I think it was as good as it could possibly be, given the complexity of the source material. I'm worried, though, about the influence it's going to have on future comics adaptations, it and The Dark Knight. See, around 1985-86, DC published the one-two punch of the Watchmen comic and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. It kicked off what some people call the "Dark Age" of comics. Suddenly, everybody was competing to see who could put out the most DARKNGRITTY comics, each one more godawful than the last. They tried to emulate the style, and the concept of superheroes as damaged people, but they failed to capture the qualities that made Watchmen and DKR great. Every mainstream comic looked like this. I'm afraid of the same thing that happened to superhero comics happening to superhero films. It's been an awesome couple of years for good, fun films that are simultaneously faithful to the comics and yet also deliver what Tom DeFalco called "hoo-hah." I'm thinking of the first two X-Men films, the first two Spider-Man films, Batman Begins, Iron Man, and hell, I even liked The Incredible Hulk. We don't need the filmic equivalent of Rob Liefeld coming in and wrecking the whole thing. (Some would argue that this has already happened, but that's just uncharitable.) So if superhero movies could skip the whole "superheroes as sociopathic douchebags" era that the comics industry fell into after Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns, I'd be a happy man. That's why I think they need to make a Nextwave film. Less of the derivative brooding anti-hero nonsense, more of THE EXPLODO, please. Wed, Feb. 25th, 2009, 10:06 pm
Damn betcha.
Your result for What is the Measure of a Man? The Gentleman's Test... The Classic Gentleman
You are a well-rounded gentlemen who focuses perhaps a bit much on courtly manners. Nevertheless, your character is sound, and you make an excellent addition to the decor of any party.
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If you start the interview by putting me on the defensive about having been out of work since October, then follow it with questions to the effect of,"Well, if you weren't doing automation at your last job, then what WERE you doing?," then you've got no business acting all surprised when I say I don't want to link to you on LinkedIn.
I broke the 2,000-word mark on my "goth Sherlock Homes" story.
Woooo. Thu, Jan. 22nd, 2009, 10:23 pm
I hate to admit that right-wingers might be right about anything, but apparently terrorists have been emboldened by the Obama Adminstration. Mon, Jan. 19th, 2009, 09:16 pm
Today is the 200th anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe's birth. ( CHOOSE A RAVEN ) |
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